approaches

• what was Wundt's role in the development of psychology?


  moved philosophical roots to controlled research

  set up the first psychology lab in 1879

  promoted the use of introspection

  his work paved the way for later controlled research
• what is introspection?


  a systematic analysis of own conscious experience of a stimulus

  experiences are analyzed in terms of its component parts e.g emotions and sensations
• what was Wundt's scientific approach based on?


  all behaviour is seen as being determined

  if behaviour is determined then it should be possible to predict how human beings would behave in different conditions
• what are strengths of introspection?


  well controlled technique

  standardised experiments

  no extraneous variables
• what are weaknesses of introspection?


  very subjective

  participants may have hidden some thoughts